A Catholic Theology of the Land?: The State of the Question

AUTHOR(S)

Cunningham, Philip A.

PUB. DATE

January 2013

SOURCE

Studies in Christian-Jewish Relations;2013, Vol. 8 Issue 1, p1

SOURCE TYPE

Academic Journal

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

The article reflects on the hesitancy on the part of Christians, especially the Catholics, to appreciate the centrality of the Land of Israel. The Land of Israel is scarcely mentioned in the New Testament and it is not inextricably connected to Christian theology. The Land has no central place in the Christian effort to live as Christ, and Christians have no liturgical yearning for the Land, though the region has a historical or even a sacramental aspect as the place where Jesus lived and died.

ACCESSION #

91982191

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